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Hi All,

I am looking for a suitable Perl Book to buy. I use Perl mainly for
running test scripts on Telecommunications based products. I use
Net::SNMP and Net::Telnet extensively.

I also need a book on a good GUI Interface for Perl. Is TK a good
option? What are other GUI support available for Perl? What other books
are available that are specifically Aimed at GUI design for Perl
scripts?

Thanks heaps for your feedback ( In advance (:-) )

Regards,
Bobby

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Bobby Jafari wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for a suitable Perl Book to buy. I use Perl mainly for
> running test scripts on Telecommunications based products. I use
> Net::SNMP and Net::Telnet extensively.
>
> I also need a book on a good GUI Interface for Perl. Is TK a good
> option? What are other GUI support available for Perl? What other books
> are available that are specifically Aimed at GUI design for Perl
> scripts?
>
> Thanks heaps for your feedback ( In advance (:-) )
>
> Regards,
> Bobby
>

I don't have an answer that specific. I can only tell you what has
worked well for me.

There is a Perl CD from O'Reilly that incorporates a number of their
books onto disk. This is recommended as it can take you through a wide
range of proficiency from n00b to Pro.

Damian Conway has a cool book on Object Oriented Perl that I like.

But for something as specific as telecommunications: If you need
something more perl specific you are probably best off with perldocs of
the modules of concern. Otherwise I would probably start with the
O'Reilly books on Networking. (It is also on a CD).

I personally have been working on some code related to IMAP and SMTP.
This code while heavily dependent on specific modules, it's all come
down to RTFM the perldoc and RFC related to the subject. Books are just
summaries of the former and when you are coding for real, you need the
specifics.

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On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Tom Allison wrote:

> Bobby Jafari wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am looking for a suitable Perl Book to buy. I use Perl mainly for
> > running test scripts on Telecommunications based products. I use
> > Net::SNMP and Net::Telnet extensively.
> >
> > I also need a book on a good GUI Interface for Perl. Is TK a good
> > option? What are other GUI support available for Perl? What other
> > books are available that are specifically Aimed at GUI design for
> > Perl scripts?
>
> I don't have an answer that specific. I can only tell you what has
> worked well for me.
>
> There is a Perl CD from O'Reilly that incorporates a number of their
> books onto disk. This is recommended as it can take you through a
> wide range of proficiency from n00b to Pro.
>
> Damian Conway has a cool book on Object Oriented Perl that I like.

Also check out the recent _Perl Best Practices_, also by Dr Conway. I'm
not sure I'd suggest it to someone just starting out with the language,
as it is generally written to help you learn how to write better Perl
than to learn in the first place. But if you're far enough along that
you already have Net::SNMP and Net::Telnet scripts going, then _PBP_ may
help you improve and extend the work you've already done.

The other main one I'd suggest is Lincoln Stein's _Network Programming
with Perl_. I'm not sure if it would be seen as a bit outdated now, but
it seems like it had an excellent reputation a couple of years ago.

A good place to keep looking is http://books.perl.org/. It has summaries
and reviews of lots of Perl books, including the ones noted here.


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